Fixing the Main Event
 

My proposal:

Form a committee of 20 or so people (2+2 forumers?) to construct a list of all of the well-known/semi-known players that have signed up to the main event. This list should include players that have had notable success in the past... no Shannon Elizabeths or Antonio Tarvers. Any borderline people where the committee has disagreements, flip a coin. Put those people into group A. The rest of the signups go into group B. Then have both groups battle it out amongst their own until there are 8 representatives from each. Once that occurs, have two 8 handed, mixed tables... call it the sweet 16 just to be catchy. Then when it's down to 9 players, go to the final table.

I think this would help make watching the main event much more interesting, and still allow nobodies a good shot of winning it too. Sure, the nobodies need to win the ME from time to time so the fish get optimistic, but the downside of them always winning is that it further enforces the stigma that poker is mainly luck and little skill, which is bad for legalization purposes.

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This is honestly the worst post I have ever read.

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QFT

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I'll 3rd that. Maybe the worst post I've ever read in this section.

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[img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Ok, then hurt me and elaborate on why. You like the current structure where the final table will often be lucky to have one well-known, if that?

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[img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Ok, then hurt me and elaborate on why. You like the current structure where the final table will often be lucky to have one well-known, if that?

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making FT's is part of becoming "well known"

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lidddlila, liddilaa, timmay

Gobboes?

liddilila

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[img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img] Ok, then hurt me and elaborate on why. You like the current structure where the final table will often be lucky to have one well-known, if that?

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making FT's is part of becoming "well known"

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this would allow that, and at the same time make the FT, as well as shark infested group A tables, much more interesting to watch on tv.

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Do you think that with 25 other tournies/shows already featuring all pro final tables, that you need this one to do the same ?

Do you not get how good it is for poker to have a 2 year noob win 8M ?

You must hate money, or not be very good at playing poker...